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"A landmark in American literature" (Chicago Sun-Times)--Stephen King's #1 national bestseller about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers...an evil without a name: It.Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It. "Stephen King's most mature work" (St. Petersburg Times), "It will overwhelm you... to be read in a well-lit room only" (Los Angeles Times)

"A landmark in American literature" (Chicago Sun-Times)--Stephen King's #1 national bestseller about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers...an evil without a name: It.Welcome to Derry, Maine. It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city's children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry's sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It. "Stephen King's most mature work" (St. Petersburg Times), "It will overwhelm you... to be read in a well-lit room only" (Los Angeles Times)

1: The shadow before -- After the flood (1957) -- After the festival (1984) -- Six phone calls (1985) -- 2: June of 1958 -- Ben Hanscomb takes a fall -- Bill Denbrough beats the devil (I) -- One of the missing: a tale from the Summer of '58 -- The dam in the Barrens -- Georgie's room and the house on Neibolt Street -- Cleaning up -- 3: Grownups -- The reunion -- Walking tours -- Three uninvited guests -- 4: July of 1958 -- The apocalyptic rockfight -- The album -- The smoke-hole -- Eddie's bad break -- Another one of the missing: the death of Patrick Hockstetter -- The bullseye -- 5: The ritual of Chüd -- In the watches of the night -- The circle closes -- Under the city -- The ritual of Chüd -- Out -- Epilogue: Bill Denbrough beats the devil (II)

1: The shadow before -- After the flood (1957) -- After the festival (1984) -- Six phone calls (1985) -- 2: June of 1958 -- Ben Hanscomb takes a fall -- Bill Denbrough beats the devil (I) -- One of the missing: a tale from the Summer of '58 -- The dam in the Barrens -- Georgie's room and the house on Neibolt Street -- Cleaning up -- 3: Grownups -- The reunion -- Walking tours -- Three uninvited guests -- 4: July of 1958 -- The apocalyptic rockfight -- The album -- The smoke-hole -- Eddie's bad break -- Another one of the missing: the death of Patrick Hockstetter -- The bullseye -- 5: The ritual of Chüd -- In the watches of the night -- The circle closes -- Under the city -- The ritual of Chüd -- Out -- Epilogue: Bill Denbrough beats the devil (II)